RAM SS Frame - Net Deflection on Cantilever

RE: RAM SS Frame - Net Deflection on Cantilever

Seth Guthrie — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:42:52 GMT

In the steel beam module you can get the deflections at the end of the cantilever through the design report or through diagrams, but this will be a different value because Ram Steel beam only considers gravity loads, does not consider finite element analysis or indeterminacy, etc. See: https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/6513/ram-ss---analysis-types-tn

RE: RAM SS Frame - Net Deflection on Cantilever

Hailey Arterburn — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:38:11 GMT

Ok nodal displacement within the Frame module. Is there a way to get accurate cantilever deflections within the beam module?

RE: RAM SS Frame - Net Deflection on Cantilever

Seth Guthrie — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:34:06 GMT

Report - Nodal displacements.

RE: RAM SS Frame - Net Deflection on Cantilever

Hailey Arterburn — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:24:05 GMT

Seth,

Where do you find the nodal displacements in RAM Structural Systems?

RE: RAM SS Frame - Net Deflection on Cantilever

Seth Guthrie — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:34:55 GMT

Use nodal deflections to get total displacement at a cantilever end node. The member Net Deflections are deflections of the beam relative to a straight line between the ends, and meaningless for a cantilever beam.